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Pope County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 11 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05115

Within Arkansas
Pope County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Russellville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
64,976
+1,562 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
811
square miles. A further 2.4% of the total area is water
Population density
80.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Russellville
Seat of county government.
Established
1829
196 years ago
Largest city
Russellville city
Population 29,521.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Pope County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Pope County, Arkansas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 551 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Pope County ranks

Position among the 75 counties of Arkansas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn ArkansasNationally
Population64,97611th of 75846th of 3,144
Land area811 sq mi16th of 751,046th of 3,144
Population density80.1 per sq mi12th of 751,079th of 3,144
Median household income$57,34414th of 752,306th of 3,143

Full data for Pope County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population64,976Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202063,414Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?63,388Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area811 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area19.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area830.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?80.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,344American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$170,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households24,348American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units27,156American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+13
680 births, 667 deaths
Net migration
+295
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Pope County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Johnson CountyArkansas35 mi26,225
Yell CountyArkansas35 mi19,956
Conway CountyArkansas23 mi21,393
Van Buren CountyArkansas20 mi16,238
Newton CountyArkansas12 mi7,026
Searcy CountyArkansas8.0 mi7,848
Logan CountyArkansas1.6 mi21,633

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 75 counties of Arkansas

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.